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⅙ Thaler - Frederick Alexander
| Issuer | Wied-Neuwied, County of |
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| Year | 1756-1757 |
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| Value | ⅙ Thaler |
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| Reverse description | Bold five-line inscription filling the entire field, stating the denomination as VI EINEN THALER, indicating six to the Thaler. Two four-petalled rosette ornaments flank the numeral VI at the top of the legend. The mintmaster's initials G.W.L.M. appear on the fourth line, with the die-cutter's or warden's initials I.C.S. centered at the base, flanked by dot ornaments. |
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| Reverse lettering | *VI* EINEN THALER G.W.L.M. I.C.S. |
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Frederick Alexander ruled Wied-Neuwied during the opening years of the Seven Years' War, and this fractional thaler belongs squarely to that disrupted period. The small Rhenish county had limited minting rights, and issues from this reign are scarce partly because production was compressed into a narrow window before wartime conditions made small-denomination silver strikes increasingly impractical.